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laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

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to pout

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blue; azure; green

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daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

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welcome home

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visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call

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sense of reality

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cesspool; sink; manure sink

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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in swarms; in great crowds

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(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

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to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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languidly; loosely

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to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

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to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

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to thrust away; to send flying

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to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

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to fan; to incite; to instigate

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therapy; healing; rejuvenating; refreshing; soothing

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regards; best wishes

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great physical power; animal strength

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to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote

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to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

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neighbors; neighbours

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

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faltering; hesitation

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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one's mental make-up (structure)

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

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wink

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self-introduction

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embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

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you

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth

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platonic

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huh!; oh; wow; I see

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innocuous; inoffensive

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schoolgirl; female student

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

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to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

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palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

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gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

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